Clinical Trial: Identification of Lesion Characteristics in Coronary Plaques Using Multimodality Intravascular Imaging and Novel Photon-counting CT in Stable Angina

U.S., Oct. 8 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07864025) titled 'Identification of Lesion Characteristics in Coronary Plaques Using Multimodality Intravascular Imaging and Novel Photon-counting CT in Stable Angina' on Sept. 25.

Brief Summary: Coronary artery disease, caused by the furring up of the heart arteries by atherosclerosis, is a major cause of death in the UK. Despite existing therapies, adverse cardiovascular events remains high, especially in patients who have already had a heart attack, as some of these patients have aggressive atherosclerotic disease. If we could identify these vulnerable patients, then in wider clinical practice in the future we might be able to treat them better wit...